倉そう卒そつ

Related words

• 急きゅう

  急 is a common word for 'sudden' or 'urgent', while 倉卒 is a formal literary term with a similar meaning but used in more elevated or written contexts.

• 突とつ然ぜん

  突然 is the standard adverb for 'suddenly', whereas 倉卒 is a formal adjectival noun/noun describing hurried or abrupt situations.

Written forms

• 倉そう卒そつUsage67%

  Standard kanji form for this formal literary term.

• 怱そう卒そつUsage33%
  rarely-used kanji form

  Rarely used kanji form.

• 草そう卒そつ

  Variant kanji form; less common than 倉卒.

• 匆そう卒そつ

  Rare variant using non-jōyō kanji.

Etymology

A Sino-Japanese borrowing of Chinese 倉卒, “hurriedly” or “in haste.”